The woman drove fast to the South Side intersection early Thursday and stopped suddenly, parking at an angle in the street.

She jumped out of the gold SUV and whispered urgently to a Chicago police officer. They spoke briefly before she turned and walked slowly back to the vehicle and shut the door.

She gripped the steering wheel and leaned over it in a hunch.

Then, she let out an anguished wail.

The woman rocked back and forth for a while as the hazard lights blinked.

Her vehicle sat just outside the crime scene in the 400 block of East 77th Street in the Chatham neighborhood.

A 38-year-old man was shot in the head around 1:35 a.m. Thursday. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The man was among six people shot from Wednesday afternoon to early Thursday.

He was driving through an alley with a woman in the car, when they saw three men, police said. They spoke, and the men fired at the car.

The man was later identified as James Jones, 38, of the 7600 block of South Eberhart Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 1:40 a.m. Thursday.

The woman was not hurt but was not cooperating with investigators, according to police. No one was in custody.

A red sedan rested inside the crime scene, both of its front doors open. The car sat partially on the curb. Broken glass was strewn on the ground.

A neighbor watched the evidence technicians reach in and out of the car, his hands shoved deep in the pockets of his gray jacket. The 54-year-old man has lived for all his life on the nearby Eberhart Street, with its nearly identical brick bungalows in neat rows.

He was awoken when detectives knocked on his door and was stunned to learn his neighbor was killed. The two occasionally would have a beer together and exchange pleasantries outside.

"Kids play outside here," the man said. "But you have to hope that no one comes down the street shooting."

Soon, the woman moved her car from the corner. She parked on the street and went inside a residence.

She never turned the hazard lights off. They remained blinking through the night.

In other shootings:

Around 4:20 a.m. Thursday, a man walked in to Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound, according to Illinois State Police. Investigators believed the shooting may have happened on the outbound Eisenhower Expressway near Ashland Avenue, but they did not find shell casings. The man was treated for a non life-threatening injury.

On the South Side, a 31-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 7100 block of South Hermitage Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood. The man was walking on the sidewalk around 1:05 a.m. when a man in dark clothing came out of the gangway and shot him, police said. He was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

On the West Side, a 19-year-old man was shot around 7 p.m. in the 500 block of North Lavergne Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood. The man told police he heard a shot and felt pain and then found he'd been shot in the thigh. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said.

About 6:15 p.m. Wednesday on the Northwest Side, a 27-year-old man was shot in the 4300 block of West Wrightwood Avenue in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood, police said. He was traveling in a vehicle when someone inside a red pickup truck opened fire, police said. He suffered a gunshot wound to the left leg and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where his condition had stabilized, police said.

Around 5:35 p.m. on the West Side, someone shot a 30-year-old man in the arm in the 1900 block of South Komensky Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood, police said. He went to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in good condition, police said.